Unit I Myths (Middle East, Greece, Egypt, & India)

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  1. 3. Hindu god of protection who presides over the two middle ages of the world
  2. 5. god killed by his own brother, Set, yet who later becomes god of the afterlife
  3. 6. universal symbol retaining the same meaning across cultures & times
  4. 7. age in which humans are at their worst according to Greek mythology
  5. 11. Hittite fertility god who neglects his duties because he's angry
  6. 12. term referring to moral ideals & values in Hinduism
  7. 13. goddess of love who arranges for Persephone's abduction
  8. 14. known as Lady of the Green Crops in Egypt
  9. 16. Sumerian god who makes sure some portion of humanity survives the great flood
  10. 17. one of the oldest types of Greek gods, older than the Olympians
  11. 18. Babylonian Mother Goddess
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  1. 1. Great Mother Goddess of Greek mythology
  2. 2. to act like humans, particularly when applied to deities
  3. 4. god who defeats Set yet is stopped by his mother Isis from killing him
  4. 8. mortal hero of the Sumerian flood myth
  5. 9. Sumerian god who calls for the destruction of noisy humanity
  6. 10. magical hero who leads the younger Babylonian gods to victory over the original mother goddess
  7. 12. mother of Persephone who annually mourns the loss of her daughter, thus causing the seasons
  8. 15. Hindu god who carries the images of all creation within him
  9. 17. Egyptian god who wins against the Moon to add five days to the year, thus allowing Nut to give birth